Where does “edustustilaisuus” come from?

edustustilaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish edustus, from Finnish edustaa, from Finnish etu, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

edustustilaisuus (Finnish): (formal) corporate event, (formal) business event; a (closed) event organized by a company, organization, etc. for customers, partners, etc

Definitions

  1. (formal) corporate event, (formal) business event; a (closed) event organized by a company, organization, etc. for customers, partners, etc

Ancestry of “edustustilaisuus”, step by step

edustustilaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish edustus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishedustusrepresentation
2Finnishedustaato represent; Partitive singular form of edusta
3Finnishetuadvantage; benefit, interest
4Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
5Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
6Albanian*etës—
7Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Finnish tilaisuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilaisuusoccasion; opportunity, chance
2Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →